Tullio Siragusa

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This lack of accountability lets toxic executives off the hook, eroding the company’s culture and affecting its bottom line. Oddly enough, there exists a long-standing bias that sees emotional intelligence and the ability to treat people well as a “weakness” rather than a strength in leadership. This is a deeply flawed view.

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IdeaSpies

MARCH 16, 2018

As an engineer in Xerox’s long-range xerography unit, he saw that laser printing could be a huge business opportunity. In effect, the work that was squelched in one culture, thrived in another and saved the company. Here’s how you create an innovative culture. So the “next big thing” is usually about 29 years old.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 14, 2017

Michel van Hove is the co-owner and partner of Strategos , a strategy and innovation consultancy that helps companies grow. We recently spoke with Michel to hear his thoughts on how to successfully foster a culture of innovation within a company. Tell us a bit about your background. What drew you to Strategos?

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hackerearth

MARCH 5, 2018

The most common aspect of some of the innovative companies is that they are also high-performing organizations. Innovation is a part of their organizational culture. In innovative companies, innovation is not sporadic. Over 79 percent successful, innovative companies encourage innovative behavior throughout the organization.

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Innovation 360 Group

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Innovations that survive are most often those that are supported by an organizational culture that plans innovation strategically and maintains a portfolio of ideas that function well in relation to each other. Culture is the key to any successful organization but by itself is not enough to stay on top in a hyper-competitive world.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Mentors see themselves as people developers. For example, a medical equipment manufacturer helped the engineers with new product ideas with their pitches. Many of the company’s engineers were not comfortable presenting their big ideas to the senior staff. A manager would work with them to develop the business case.

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Tullio Siragusa

AUGUST 15, 2022

Many companies have leap frogged ahead during down cycles because they planned not only how to survive, but more importantly on how to thrive. Some are businesses providing everyday products, such as healthcare product suppliers, food companies and electric and gas utilities. What Is a Recession? Recession-Proofing Business.

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IdeaScale

MAY 23, 2018

Elementary School Math aside, when the IdeaScale team approached us about doing a joint marketing effort, I got excited. With the reason being that we at Ever Evolving , LOVE this tool and their team. Implementing a cultural change is similar to a New Year’s Resolution in the fact that deciding to start one is easy. And I…don’t.

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Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Tools 145

Acuvate

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

And if these decisions are driven by poor data practices, then it causes more harm than good. By meeting the quality standards of good data, organizations develop better control over the outcomes of these decisions. The company has scaled new heights when it comes to customer experience. Take, Netflix, for example. Limits Risks.

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Moves the Needle

JANUARY 21, 2019

Executives are not investing in innovation simply for the fun of it, but recent trends have uncovered that leaders inside many enterprises are still struggling to find strong parallels between corporate and innovation strategy , and a large portion of these companies are still making “blind bets” with their innovation investments.

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The Human Factor

MARCH 28, 2022

The inability of an organization to retain its staff shows poor employee retention — the ability and effort to retain the workers. . People leave their workplaces for various reasons such as bad bosses, excessive workload, lack of recognition, poor relationship with coworkers, etc.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 14, 2016

One of the consulting companies, Bain & Co has conducted the Bain’s Management Tools & Trends survey since 1993. One company pioneering a change in tools is Strategyzer founded by Alex Osterwalder of Business Model Canvas fame. Get the facts : Every tool has strengths and weaknesses. The latest one for 2015 is here.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2018

and is modernizing how companies work. They are struggling themselves to shrug this engineer only mindset for one that is thinking broadly, in new ways of complete product systems of hardware. Can we get them to re-think innovation in a broader domain for all innovation development work? Can we get them to think differently?

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

The total weightings of the various indexes which then result in a net rank for each country compared to each other country, allowing the GII team to say which country achieves the overall highest Innovation Efficiency Ratio ranking (it’s Switzerland). Innovation Leader, Achievers and Underperformers, GII 2016.

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Innovation 360 Group

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Innovation360 has identified are three levels of change management essential for creating a culture of innovation. The third is concerned with micro-level of developing stronger innovation skills within project teams. The Roles of Leadership and Team Aspirations. Introduction to UPACS.

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Steve Blank

JULY 30, 2014

Startups are not smaller versions of large companies, but interestingly we see that companies are not larger versions of startups. I’ve been spending some time with large companies that are interested in using Lean methods. Startups build a culture of commitment and drive to make things happen.

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 4, 2020

The end result was an adhesive that was very weak but reusable as it peeled off without leaving stains. Sometime later, the team realized that they could apply the adhesive directly on the paper. After the team persisted, they were finally given green light to launch the Post-It a mere 9 years after the initial failed experiment.

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IdeaSpies

JULY 21, 2019

Take Bell Labs, for example, an industrial research and development (R&D) company, now owned by Nokia but originally founded by Alexander Graham Bell in the late-1800s. In some cases, the TTO might ‘spin-out’ the technology into its own company. Fortunately, it can be bridged by collaborating with industry. .

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Mike Shipulski

AUGUST 3, 2016

For established companies, when times are good, it’s not the right time to try something new – the resources are there but the motivation is not; and when times are tough it’s also the wrong time to try something new – the motivation is there but the breathing room is not. But this is not a binary world. Some work, some don’t.

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Inceodia

JANUARY 27, 2019

At HP, we developed technologies using the “next bench” method of customer needs discovery. Asking the guy sitting next to me what he needed worked as long as I was developing products for other software engineers or just-out-of-college-20-somethings-living-in-the-US-pacific-northwest. Innovate or die. A Better Way.

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Moves the Needle

JUNE 3, 2016

The average lifespan of an S&P 500 company has decreased from 67 years (1950’s) to about 15 years (today). We also know from cognitive behavioral therapy that one of the best ways to change a bad habit is to replace it with a good habit. Yet the predominant enterprise culture prevents and even punishes these bold behaviors.

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Tullio Siragusa

AUGUST 22, 2022

User adoption is not something that evolves at a particular point of a product development life cycle. Companies should always consider the design of user adoption as a primary part of their entire product life cycle. All these step-by-step processes after idea generation eliminate bad design. What Is User Adoption?

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Moves the Needle

JUNE 3, 2016

The average lifespan of an S&P 500 company has decreased from 67 years (1950’s) to about 15 years (today). We also know from cognitive behavioral therapy that one of the best ways to change a bad habit is to replace it with a good habit. Yet the predominant enterprise culture prevents and even punishes these bold behaviors.

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Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Culture Disruption 72

hackerearth

MARCH 31, 2017

Think of HR managers who have to align company goals and employee satisfaction! HR leaders no longer just stick to legal and compliance issues; they are now strategic business partners with a key role to play in shaping the company’s culture and taking the company closer to realizing its vision. Let’s see how. It happens.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

To avoid the pitfalls of a static strategy and ensure your business is future-proof, it’s essential to foster a culture of agility and strategic foresight. Fostering Innovation from Within Innovation shouldn’t be outsourced; it should be an internal engine driving your business forward.

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Planview

APRIL 4, 2018

With over 120,000 employees and billions of dollars in revenue, Johnson & Johnson is one of the top consumer packaged goods companies on the planet. How, though, does a company of this size approach innovation? So, before you start, take a step back and look at the organization and its culture to determine what would be successful.

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Innovation 360

JULY 27, 2017

During this webinar which is hosted by IAOIP the leading international membership-based organization dedicated to the professional development of individuals working in the field of innovation, Magnus Penker, international thought leader and author, will dive into how to assess and measure innovation.

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The BMI Lab Blog

JANUARY 24, 2019

Ten years ago, "old business" dominated the ranking of the most valuable companies in terms of market capitalization with PetroChina on the top, followed by Exxon and General Electric. In early 2019, the most valuable companies in the world are all digital platforms such as Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet and Facebook.

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Innovation 360

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Innovations that survive are most often those that are supported by an organizational culture that plans innovation strategically and maintains a portfolio of ideas that function well in relation to each other. Culture is the key to any successful organization but by itself is not enough to stay on top in a hyper-competitive world.

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Legacy Innovation Group

APRIL 1, 2019

Engineering / Science / Technology. Or, as I like to say, engineers sometimes like to solve problems that don't exist (something I can say being an engineer by training). Or, as I like to say, engineers sometimes like to solve problems that don't exist (something I can say being an engineer by training).

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Moves the Needle

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Chris was a Senior Product Manager at LexisNexis before founding his own firm and helped offer a firsthand account of fostering healthy collaboration between legal, product and innovation teams at LexisNexis when it comes to rapid experimentation. Innovation requires that people work differently, and different is bad. They shouldn’t.

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Cris Beswick

JUNE 22, 2023

At OUTCOME , we believe innovation is a system game, meaning it’s a team sport. The challenge is that many organisations have lost sight of the true definition of a team. 1] Let’s also differentiate between a department or group inside an organisation, as a group does not necessarily constitute a team.

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CorporateIntel

APRIL 1, 2012

Information compounds on our desktops, the team with analysis paralysis most often loses to the nimble risk takers—but all this means is that in product development , the role of Quality Assurance (QA) has never been more critical. ” Believe me, I understand trade-offs. ” Believe me, I understand trade-offs.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 6, 2018

We also know innovation involves a more abstract thinking, as we are increasingly focused on “engineering our business in new and different ways” and this becomes the new goal of providing a clear uniqueness, a real competitive edge that is purposefully designed in our innovation systems, to meet specific needs.

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Innovation 360 Group

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

If companies in the Nordic market do not alter their business models fundamentally, there is a risk that Swedish Innovation miracle (on the Nordic Market) might just become an innovation mayfly. Many companies find it difficult to generate sufficient and sustainable ideas. Many companies have business models that no longer work.

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The Inovo Group

MAY 14, 2018

Highlights: Companies make continuous bets on their future. Effective futuring that includes the ability to gain insights into long-term futures with inevitable disruptions and discontinuities needs to be a key component of a company’s strategy and innovation efforts. Bill Gates. But it was already too late.

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Boxes and Arrows

APRIL 15, 2009

He shares the factors that influence how effective various prototyping methodologies will be and how to choose wisely; what level of effort you will need to invest in prototyping in order to get useful feedback; and how to permanently integrate prototyping into your software development process in a way that is effective for your organization.

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